Description
Egg fruit (scientific name: Passiflora edulia Sims) is a herbaceous vine in the Passiflora family and the genus Passiflora. Approximately 6 meters in length; stems with pinstripes, glabrous; leaves are papery, 6-13 cm long, 8-13 cm wide, wedge-shaped or heart-shaped at the base, glabrous; cyme degenerates only 1 flower, paired with tendrils Fresh; fragrant flowers, about 4 cm in diameter; pedicels 4-4.5 cm long; bracts green, broadly ovoid or diamond-shaped, 1-1.2 cm long, with irregular serrated edges; 5 sepals, green on the outside, green and white on the inside , 2.5-3 cm long; 5 petals, equal to sepals; disk membranous, about 4 mm high; androphyllum 1-1.2 cm long; 5 stamens; oblong anthers; ovary obovoid; style 3 pieces, flat rod-shaped; berry ovoid, 3-4 cm in diameter, glabrous, purple when ripe; seeds are numerous, ovate, 5-6 mm long. Flowering in June, fruiting in November.
Distributed in the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles, it is widely planted in tropical and subtropical regions. It is cultivated in Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan, and Taiwan in China, and sometimes grows in valleys and jungles at an altitude of 180-1900 meters.
The fruit can be eaten raw or used as a vegetable or feed; it is used as medicine to have an exciting and strong effect; the fruit pulp is juicy, added with bicarbonate and sugar, can be made into a fragrant and delicious drink; the seed is pressed for oil, which can be used for edible and soap and paint Etc.; the flowers are large and beautiful and can be used as garden ornamental plants.
